Draw from Life

Thanks for reading. Now pick up a pen, put away your stupid smartphone, and look at what’s all around you. Buildings, trees, dogs, other people…get engaged IN YOUR LIFE. Don’t miss out on your own living experience; draw from it instead.

youR TuRn to DraW!

As you’re walking about your daily commute, don’t forget to look around and look up – in the city where I live, there’s lots of decorative elements near the roof: keystones in the shape of faces, capital features and pedestals with leaves, oddly-shaped windows, gargoyles… in the commons, or with public art everywhere, you’ll find lots of interesting things to draw.

The centre courtyard at the V&A

The organ at Emanuel Church, West Hampstead

‘Locking Piece’ by Henry Moore on Millbank

Trees in the common

St Paul’s Cathedral

How do you feel about your experience of life today? Express that feeling in colour or lines.

Seasons

The more obvious idea is to Google “drop-in life drawing class“, there’s probably at least one session this week somewhere near you and many of these sessions offer tutoring or coaching for the less-experienced. Or try Royal Acadamy’s online life drawing sessions: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/online-life-drawing-class-lifedrawinglive

ShaRe the LovE

Not only does your creativity need YOU, but here’s a surprise, the world needs your creativity, too! By sharing your response to a Ransom Note, we are building a community who will enjoy, be inspired by, and learn from each other. Who knows, maybe some of us will “find our tribe” or even make the world that tiny bit more pleasant to be in than it was 15 minutes ago!